Eraser-pad



J. H. POU, 1B.

ERASER PAD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-25, 1919.

' 1,3 1 1,25. Patented July 29, 1919.

WI T/VESSES A TTORA/EYS dent of lialeigl James roe, an, or nannrcn,noa'rn canonma.

ERASER-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 19119.

Application filed February 25, 1919. Serial no. 279,095.

the nature of an attachment to be used on a typewriter, and consists inthe constructions, combinations and arrangements hereln described andclaimed.

The foremost object of my invention is to provide an eraser padattachment for typewriters, by means of which the pressure is takenofl'of the carbon sheets while making an erasure, so as to avoid theill-appearing smud usually seen on the carbon sheets.

.Anot or object of the invention is to provide an eraser pad attachmentfor typewriters, which may be made to assume a normally inoperativeposition, but can be moved around into place when there is use therefor.Y

' Other objects and advantages'will appear in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in w 10Figure 1 is a planview. of so much of a I typewriter as necessary toillustrate the 1nvention,

I Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the eraser pad detached from themachine,

.Fig. 3 is an elevation viewed from the left end, and I Fig.4 is adetail perspective view of the ri ht support or keeper.

he invention consists of a bar 1 pivoted at to the ear 3 of the fixed suport 4.- at the alig The support 4 is afiixe to the typewriter 5 in anysuitable way.

[A rightsupport or bar keeper 6 has a receiver notch 7 mto which thefree end ofthe bar 1 is fitted when it is desired to make an erasure.Under some circumstances, the bar 1 ma be retainedinthe receiver notch,and in ot ers, the bar may be swung back out of the way The positioningof t e eraserbar is, howeverg a matter of small concernfand the bar maybe disposed of to suitthe desires of the operator.

- pad being sup orted at A covering 80f pa or or any'other soft materialis applied to t e bar. 1', substantially as shown in the drawing. Hereit may be observed that the bar 1 can be made of metal, wood, rubber oran other composition, and similarly, it may e covered With rubber,

' paper or it may be left uncovered.

There is also considerable room for. variation in the manner of mountingthe device, because it is anticipated that in order to apply it to thevarious makes of machines now on the market, the shape of the suports 4and 6 will have to be altered to suit.

11 the present instance, the invention is shown applied to an Underwoodtypewriter, wherein' the disposition of the parts is 5120i! that the bar1 can be swung straight A fingerpiece 9 at the right end forms aconvenient place to grasp the bar. This fingerpiece is formed by sim lytwisting the bar through a half turn. hould it be desired to mount theeraser pad so that it may be moved in a direction other thanhorizontally as shown, obviously such a modification may readily bemade.

In operation the sheet requiring erasure is turned up1 far enough sothat t-he lace containing te incorrect word may he directly on theeraser pad. Only the sheet requiring the erasure comes on to th ends,provides afirm erasing ase.

The carbon sheets are treated in the same manner; all sheets, exce tingthe one reuiring erasure, being eit er sli ped under t e eraser ad orearned forwardly, thus revealin on y the part requiring erasure. It isoptional with. the operator whether the eraser pad shall always assumethe position shown 1n Fig. 1 or it-shall be folded back.

Itwill be easier to manipulate the typewriter by letting'the' bar remainin the operative position in Fig. 1. I

3Wh1le the construction and arrangement of the eraser pad as hereindescribed and claimed, is that of a generally preferred of the pad. The

' comprising a, bracket support with an ear ortion of the bar, and abracket support for one end, arranged to be afiixed to one end or saidfree end of the bar arran ed to be of e t pewriter carriage; a singleflat bar afiixed to the other end of the carriage, and pivota 1y mountedat one end to said ear including a receiver notch to receive the bar 105 and including a suitable fingerpieoe at the when turned thereinto in ahorizontal plane. free end, a suitable pad covering the major JAMES H.POU, JR.

